Re: Request for new feature: attach a perl debugger to a running process

2001-10-30 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 05:27 PM 10/29/2001 +, David Trusty wrote: >I would like to request a new feature for perl: The ability to >attach a perl debugger to a running process. This is a not inconsiderable task, and one with some potential security issues if perl wasn't fired up with remote debugging enabled al

Re: Request for new feature: attach a perl debugger to a running process

2001-10-29 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 05:27:30PM +, David Trusty wrote: > I would like to request a new feature for perl: The ability to > attach a perl debugger to a running process. The DB module gives you the tools to do this sort of thing, though there is some assembly required for certain very large

Request for new feature: attach a perl debugger to a running process

2001-10-29 Thread David Trusty
Hi, I would like to request a new feature for perl: The ability to attach a perl debugger to a running process. Also, it would be nice to have the capability to generate a "dump" (core file) for post-mortem analysis. The perl debugger could then read the "core" file. These capabilities would